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Social Security Administration updates millions of records in historic 91-year-old database under Trump

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Social Security Administration updates millions of records in its historic database. (REUTERS)

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced major changes to its Social Security number database to make its records more accurate. The agency has called this the most comprehensive records cleanup in its 91-year history. Social Security Administration updates millions of records in its historic database. (REUTERS) The SSA said it has corrected records linked … Read more

Minnesota has picked a nearly 57-acre site for a $1 billion horticulture world’s fair expected to draw millions; after the six-month Expo ends, the land is planned to become a permanent mixed-use district

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Minnesota has picked a nearly 57-acre site for a $1 billion horticulture world's fair expected to draw millions; after the six-month Expo ends, the land is planned to become a permanent mixed-use district

Rendering of the proposed US Pavilion for Expo 2031 in Minnesota. (Minnesota Star Tribune photo) Minnesota has selected Lakeville as the planned host city for Expo 2031, a six-month international exhibition focused on horticulture. According to Minnesota Star Tribune, organisers have signed a purchase agreement for nearly 57 acres of land near Interstate 35 and … Read more

Power cuts, rubble: millions come home to find Sudan’s capital unlivable

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Power cuts, rubble: millions come home to find Sudan's capital unlivable

They came home to a war-ruined city determined to rebuild their lives, but a chronic lack of power, water, jobs and medicine has left many residents of Sudan’s capital wishing they had stayed away. Power cuts, rubble: millions come home to find Sudan’s capital unlivable About four million people fled Khartoum after war broke out … Read more

Millions in US Northeast brace for powerful storm

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Millions in US Northeast brace for powerful storm

More than 40 million people in the northeastern United States braced Friday for heavy rain and strong winds as an unusually powerful storm for the season was forecast to crash into the region. Millions in US Northeast brace for powerful storm New York, Boston and Philadelphia were all in the firing line of the “Nor’easter” … Read more

Millions of California households are getting electricity-bill credits automatically during the expensive summer months; the state says $886 million is being returned, averaging about $75 per household

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Millions of California households are getting electricity-bill credits automatically during the expensive summer months; the state says $886 million is being returned, averaging about $75 per household

Millions of California households received a sweet surprise in their electricity bills for the months of August and September. Under a new schedule designed to place relief in the hottest, highest-use months, homes received automatic credit. Governor Gavin Newsom’s office said on Tuesday that customers of Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison and San … Read more

In 2013, California began removing millions of purple urchins from barren reefs; seven years later, more than 55 acres of kelp forest had returned

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In 2013, California began removing millions of purple urchins from barren reefs; seven years later, more than 55 acres of kelp forest had returned

Kelp forests are among the most productive ecosystems in the ocean. They provide habitat for fish and invertebrates while supporting marine mammals and other wildlife. [Photo credit: Enric Sala, National Geographic] Beneath the waves off Southern California, a once-lush underwater forest had been reduced to something resembling a desert. Kelp that had provided shelter and … Read more

In 1991, Monty Don bought a Herefordshire home with a 2-acre abandoned field; 35 years later, Longmeadow became the garden millions knew from TV

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In 1991, Monty Don bought a Herefordshire home with a 2-acre abandoned field; 35 years later, Longmeadow became the garden millions knew from TV

After 23 years at the helm, Monty Don announced that he is stepping down from the BBC’s long-running Gardeners’ World series, bringing an end to one of the longest and most recognisable chapters in British gardening television.“I have decided that the current series of Gardeners’ World is to be my last,” Monty Don, 71, confirmed … Read more

Millions of hours of Ukraine drone data being used to train AI: Report

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Millions of hours of Ukraine drone data being used to train AI: Report

Ukraine’s battlefield data fuels new AI market (AI-generated image) Ukraine’s war with Russia is generating a resource that could outlive the conflict itself. Reports suggest that vast amounts of battlefield data are increasingly being used to train artificial intelligence systems, creating a new and largely unregulated market around the technology.Every drone flight can generate thousands … Read more

Florida dumped millions of tyres into the ocean to build a reef. More than 50 years later, it is still cleaning them up

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Florida dumped millions of tyres into the ocean to build a reef. More than 50 years later, it is still cleaning them up

In the early 1970s, state officials and the US Army Corps of Engineers approved the dumping of vast numbers of used tyres into the Atlantic Ocean off Broward County, Florida. The idea was simple: create cheap, abundant artificial reef habitat to boost fish populations for anglers. Instead, the scheme left behind what is now known … Read more